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1 Chronicles 11:1

DavidHebron
Fellowship and the church
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

2 Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

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BSB
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.
KJV
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
WEB
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
ASV
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
DARBY
And all Israel assembled themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
BLB
And all Israel came together to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh.
ÅB
Så kom hele Israel sammen hos David i Hebron og sa: Vi er jo av samme kjød og blod som du.
OTB
Da kom hele Israel sammen til David i Hebron og sa:
"Se, vi er ditt ben og ditt kjøtt.
B1930
Så kom hele Israel sammen hos David i Hebron og sa: Vi er jo av samme kjød og blod som du.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 2:11

    The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Samuel 5:1–16

    Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:23–40

    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

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  • 2 Samuel 15:10

    Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”

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  • Genesis 29:14

    Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

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  • Deuteronomy 17:15

    you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.

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  • Judges 9:2

    “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

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  • Numbers 13:22

    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

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